Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, for what reason his policy of incorporating EU law into UK law excludes the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Answered by Robin Walker
The UK has a longstanding tradition of ensuring our rights and liberties are protected domestically and of fulfilling our international human rights obligations. The Charter of Fundamental Rights (the Charter) only applies to Member States when acting within the scope of EU law. The Charter did not create any new rights. Instead it was intended to catalogue the rights that already existed in EU law, and the bill sets out how this underlying law is being converted into UK law at the point we exit the EU. Therefore it is no longer appropriate, nor will it make sense in the context of the UK's exit from the EU, to retain the Charter in UK law.
Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish or place in the Library records of his negotiation meetings with his EU counterparts.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Department for Exiting the European Union does not plan to publish or place in the Library records of negotiation meetings with the European Union. To ensure that Parliament is kept informed during the negotiations, the Secretary of State has committed to delivering an oral statement to Parliament after each negotiating round. The Secretary of State will deliver an oral statement on 5 September following the second and third rounds of the negotiations which took place during recess.